First it was Nakas Onyeka. Then came Godfrey Onyeka and now the Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed another Onyeka cousin for 2022, Kosi Onyeka.

While linebacker Nakas Onyeka signed as a free agent earlier this month with Edmonton after splitting the 2021 season between the Green and White and Winnipeg, cousins Godfrey and Kosi Onyeka, both defensive backs, will be at Riders training camp this spring. Kosi Onyeka signed on today, along with import defensive lineman David Kenney. Kosi Onyeka was undrafted out of the University of Guelph. Kenney played four N-F-L pre-season games with Tampa Bay in 2019 before joining Winnipeg later that season. Following is the news release from the Roughriders…..

DATE:                        February 28, 2022

RELEASE TIME:       IMMEDIATELY

RELEASE:                 SR22-036

RIDERS ADD NATIONAL DB KOSI ONYEKA, AMERICAN DL DAVID KENNEY

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed National defensive back Kosi Onyeka and American defensive lineman David Kenney.

Onyeka (6’0-195) joins the Roughriders as an undrafted free agent. He played three collegiate seasons and 25 games with the Guelph Gryphons. He steadily improved each year and amassed 64 career defensive tackles, three-and-a-half tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one interception and three pass breakups. He also rushed the ball once for 12 yards and returned two punts. Onyeka’s best season came in 2021, where he earned 33 tackles, one-and-a-half tackles for loss, his first career interception and two pass breakups.

The Brampton native is the cousin of current Roughrider defensive back Godfrey Onyeka.

Kenney (6’2-250) signed as an undrafted free agent by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2019. He played four pre-season games and made two tackles before joining the Winnipeg Blue Bombers later that year.

Collegiately, the Indiana native played for the Indiana Hoosiers and the Indiana State Redbirds.